I am looking really hard at the new Minn Kota Ulterra and wanted to see if anyone has one yet who could provide a few of the pros/cons for crappie fishing. It seems like a sweet unit and basically it would help me out on the days I fish by myself and also relieve a lot of my back pain.

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It has been a big hit. I must say though with crappie fishing the only time I would use the spot lock anchor feature is when I am bringing in a fish to measure, weight and put in the live well or re tying a jig. This will keep you from blowing way off your mark while performing said task. Other than that I would use the foot pedal as it will hold you closer to your mark than the anchor feature although the latest software enhancements to the i-Pilot have proven to hold much tighter to your mark than the past software. The self, stow and deploy is a great feature and will be very beneficial for pack pain.

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The self, stow and deploy is a great feature and will be very beneficial for pack pain.

Assuming you meant 'back pain'? Nice try to sell me one but you already got all my money for awhile.

I agree with David that the 'Spot Lock' is not as exact as needed to stay on a BP but you can do it with the remote (I didn't like MK foot pedal bc it seemed slow). I have a bad back as well and the deploy/stow feature would help a lot and may make fishing more manageable. If you get one, you can't go wrong with buying from Shut Up and Fish. He is a good guy and will do you right.

On another note...They are hard to get into stock at the present time....

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Just what I was told by a salesman when I went in to look.They are having trouble with the deploy system on these(?).

The issue has been resolved a month ago and production has resumed. The demand is very high and they are only sending two units out to each dealer and distributor at a time.

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I'm waiting for the 45" shaft models to start to be delivered. Kind of a disappointment that they would market they are not shipping! I really need the auto deploy/retract feature, the rest I'll learn to adapt to I guess. The "Spot Lock" feature would be useful to hold you in the general vicinity while you are performing other tasks like David stated.